About “R.A.P. Music”

This is the title cut from Killer Mike’s 2012 album, R.A.P. Music (or Rebellious African People). The song portrays rap in a spiritual light, likening it to both a religion and to other African-American musical art-forms (jazz, funk, soul, gospel, blues, and rock ‘n roll).

Another theme expressed in the song is that Mike is trying to do good works through hip-hop, and through those good works, he hopes that God will allow him to live a long life and let him into Heaven when he dies.

Here’s how Killer Mike sums up his own thoughts on the “R.A.P. Music,” from a track by track breakdown published in Spin:

“The natural assumption you have about a song called "R.A.P. Music” is that it will all be about hip-hop, well it’s not. I’m talking about every music that’s been born on this continent from a group of people that were brought here in chains. That music that gave them hope. It gave them a way of communicating. It gave them laughter. It gave them passion. My people have given a great amount to the culture of this country and I wanted my predecessors to know how much I appreciate them. That’s what R.A.P. Music is."

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